AP Psychology: Thinking & Language

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Pablo vainly searches for a screwdriver while failing to recognize that a readily available coin in his pocket would turn the screw. His oversight best illustrates:

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functional fixedness.

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A defense attorney emphasizes to a jury that her client works full-time, supports his family, and enjoys leisure-time hobbies. Although none of this information is relevant to the trial, it is designed to make the defendant appear to be a typical member of the local community. The lawyer is most clearly attempting to take advantage of

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the representativeness heuristic.

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Advertisers know that a thirty-three percent discount sounds like a better deal than a discount of one third. This best illustrates:

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framing.

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Maintaining one's conceptions even after the basis on which they were formed has been discredited is known as:

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belief perseverance.

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In English, it is appropriate to refer to “a pretty bird,” but not to “a bird pretty.” This best illustrates the importance of:

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syntax.

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Noam Chomsky’s theory of language acquisition holds that people have an inborn universal grammar that makes learning of language easy for children. Which of the following statements is used as support for this theory? Options: Children repeat words that they hear frequently., Regardless of the language learned, children tend to make similar errors of grammar when they first begin to learn language., Chimpanzees and other apes can easily learn language., Some children’s vocabularies are extensive, despite the fact that they may live in poor environments.

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Regardless of the language learned, children tend to make similar errors of grammar when they first begin to learn language.

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To find Tabasco sauce in a large grocery store, you could systematically search every shelf in every store aisle. This best illustrates problem solving by means of:

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an algorithm.

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Our mental image that best represents a category is called a...

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Prototype

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Which type of creative thinking expands the number of possible problem solutions?

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Divergent Thinking

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Which type of problem solving technique is methodical, logical, and will always lead to a correct answer if there is one?

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Algorithm